the trams did have a parcels service.

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the tramway band

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Tram lines in lewes road depot, where 53 was built.

tram 53 interior

Sunday, 27 January 2013

The snow is clearing, so I will offer some work dates! Sunday the 3rd of Feb, Sat the 16th of Feb,March the 9th and Sat 16th of March.If you haven't seen 53, come out, but otherwise we need to start moving forward. The truck is going to cost us £350 in transport and it looks like appearing next weekend, hence the early date, I am still waiting for the word! if you know of any building materials, or builders who could help us improve the shed, please contact me on the e-mail address tram53project@yahoo.com, thanks.

Thursday, 24 January 2013

I am pleased to announce that Malcolm Chambers is recovering at a fair rate and we hope to see him at Model world.Once the weather clears up it is out on site again, work day list will be sent out this weekend and the truck should be here within two weeks, van body is still down to transport.We are at the next Engineerium show in Hove on the 10th of Feb, so come along and meet us! Also welcome to new member Ewan Scott.

Monday, 21 January 2013

Not a lot to report since last week, as you can see, snow has delayed everything! The truck might appear next weekend and we are organizing with John the farmer the delivery of the van body.Roger Sharman has been busy with new items to sell, so Modelworld should see a lot of new items. A list of work days will be issued once we can get out there again! We also finally found out why HM charities had stopped work on our application, so hopefully Ray is on the paper case again.

Saturday, 12 January 2013

Went to look at a van body as a lock up for the society. It is 20 feet by 8 ft and with a stronger floor should be ok for the truck to live in, it is just a matter of getting on site! The truck was going to be on site tomorrow, but has been delayed, fine by me it could be better weather next week!

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Dear all, it gives me great pleasure to announce that we signed the agreement for 53 tonight.As I mentioned in an earlier post, we had shaken on it already, but if any one doubted that, it is now signed and sealed.This means it is up to us all to make this happen, we have the green light, so if you haven't joined the society, or have not taken part, it is now time to do so, because it is all in our hands.

Sunday, 6 January 2013

The Marriott(With Harry as the mastermind) family manned the stand at the Hove Engineerium today and we made a total of £83! A lot of interest was shown, it was a well attended show and a great start to the new year. There is another show there in early Feb, could we have some volunteers please?

Friday, 4 January 2013

A happy new year to you all! if you are visiting the Brighton and Hove Engineerium open day this Sunday, we are there!This is in Hove park , near Brighton and is a fantastic water pumping house that is been turned into a museum, well worth a visit.
We had thirteen members at the meeting last night, with a good exchange of ideas and all prizes been won in the quiz, a most devilish set of questions from El Presidente. More details will appear in the Jan newsletter on the meeting, but we need you to all take part. We need to be able to work on the tram and it's components, also the shed AND we need fundraisers or sponsor hounds. We need money and materials, so how about you? We could do with a few more people for Model world on the Friday, the 22nd of Feb.